Early events in apomyoglobin unfolding probed by laser T-jump/UV resonance raman spectroscopy

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 48, 2005, Pages 15734-15742

  Huang, Cheng Yen ^a   Balakrishnan, Gurusamy ^a   Spiro, Thomas G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; LASER DAMAGE; MELTING; PH EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APOMYOGLOBIN; HELIX MELTING; PROTONATION; TRYPTOPHAN;

PROTEINS;

AMIDE; APOMYOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; PHENYLALANINE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LASER; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LASERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 28544443505     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051578u     Document Type: Article

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